Bridge of Don (ward)

Bridge of Don is a ward represented in the Aberdeen City Council since 2017 by Sarah Cross of the Conservative Party, Alison Alphonse and Jessica Mennie, both of the Scottish National Party, and Nurul Hoque Ali of the Labour Party.^{[n 1]}

Bridge of Don
ward Aberdeen City Council.
Boundary of Bridge of Don in Aberdeen from 2017.
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeen
Electorate	15,188
Current ward
Created	1999 (1999)
Councillor	Alison Alphonse (SNP)
Councillor	Jessica Mennie (SNP)
Councillor	Nurul Hoque Ali (Lab)
Councillor	Sarah Cross (Conservative)

Boundaries

In the Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements, conducted by The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland, and published in 2006, the ward is described to contain the whole suburb of the Bridge of Don.^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Muriel Jaffrey (SNP)		Willie Young (Labour)		John Reynolds (Liberal Democrats /Ind.)		Gordon Leslie (Liberal Democrats)
2012					Sandy Stuart (SNP)
2017	Alison Alphonse (SNP)		Brett Hunt (Conservative)
2019 by-election		Sarah Cross (Conservative)	Jessica Mennie (SNP)
2022					Nurul Hoque Ali (Labour)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeen City Council election

Bridge of Don – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Alison Alphonse (incumbent)	24.3	1,649
	Conservative	Sarah Cross (incumbent)	23.5	1,594
	SNP	Jessica Mennie (incumbent)	16.1	1,094	1,339	1,341	1,347	1,450
	Labour	Nurul Hoque Ali	15.3	1,040	1,053	1,066	1,076	1,118	1,136	1,246	1,708
	Liberal Democrats	Mevrick Renson Fernandes	10.9	739	748	762	783	833	852	1,033
	Conservative	Matthew Watt	5.6	379	380	564	578	583	585
	Scottish Green	Sylvia Hardie	3.1	210	220	221	226
	Scottish Family	Harald Rainer Bartl	1.3	88	88	90
Electorate: 15,216   Valid: 6,793   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 1,359   Turnout: 45.5%

Source:^[2][3]

Elections of the 2010s

Bridge of Don by-election: 3rd October 2019^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Sarah Cross	36.2%	1,857
	SNP	Jessica Mennie	35.0%	1,797
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Skoczykloda	18.1%	929
	Labour	Graeme Lawrence	5.9%	305
	Scottish Green	Sylvia Hardie	2.7%	140
	Independent	Simon McLean	0.8%	43
	Red Party of Scotland	Max McKay	0.17%	9
Electorate: 15,188   Valid: 5,135   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 1,712   Turnout: 34.2%

Aberdeen City Council Election: 4th May 2017^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Conservative	Brett Hunt‡‡‡‡	25.8	1,868
	SNP	Alison Alphonse	22.2	1,610
	Independent	John Reynolds (incumbent)	14.4	1,045	1,132.2	1,137.6	1,140.1	1,179.6	1,327.2	1,598.9
	SNP	Sandy Stuart (incumbent)‡‡‡	11.9	862	869.9	996.7	1,000.4	1,009.7	1,056.04	1,130.7	1,157.8	1,373.4
	Labour	Willie Young (incumbent)	11.1	805	849.9	854.09	856.2	856.2	871.3	1,026.3	1,047.03
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Farquhar	9.2	669	782.9	791.2	794.3	803.5	850.2
	Independent	George Saunders	3.8	279	305.8	308.5	317.7	338.9
	Independent	Simon McLean	1.0	70	83.3	84.07	91.9
	Solidarity	James Irving-Lewis	0.4	28	32.7	35.2
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 7,236   Spoilt: 114   Quota: 1,448   Turnout: 7,350 (49.3%)

Aberdeen City Council Election: 3rd May 2012

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	John Reynolds (incumbent)	28.0%	1,530
	SNP	Muriel Jaffrey (incumbent)	20.5%	1,119
	Labour	Willie Young (incumbent)	18.8%	1,031	1,085.9	1,087	1,112.5
	SNP	Sandy Stuart	9.5%	520	559.5	570.9	576.8	578.5	595.6	612.5	985.5	1,107.2
	SNP	Graham Bennett	7.2%	396	418.2	425.3	433.9	434.8	449.4	465.1
	Liberal Democrats	Millie McLeod	6.2%	338	412.8	414.1	436.1	438.7	498.4	640.7	660.3
	Conservative	Francis Davidson Webster	6.1%	333	360.3	360.5	364.3	365.2	385.1
	Independent	Gordon A. Leslie (incumbent)	2.0%	107	217.6	218.5	238.4	241
	Scottish Green	Daniel Kenneth Juett	1.8%	97	107.2	107.5
Electorate: 14,188   Valid: 5,471   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 1,095   Turnout: 5,539 (38.56%)

Elections of the 2000s

Aberdeen City Council Election: 3rd May 2007

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Muriel Jaffrey	36.3	2,805
	Labour	Willie Young	20.9	1,615	1,615
	Liberal Democrats	John Reynolds†	18.3	1,411	1,573	1,573
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Leslie†††††	9.5	731	921	929	938	977	1,316
	Conservative	Brian Davidson	7.9	610	726	731	733	783	827
	Liberal Democrats	Millie McLeod	5.2	404	509	523	535	587
	Independent	Hamish Mackay	1.9	146	267	272	273
Electorate:     Valid: 7,722   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 1,545   Turnout: 7,814

Notes

1. As with all Scottish councils, the ward elects councillors by the Single transferable vote system of election every five years.

References

1. "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements – Aberdeen City Council Area" (PDF). p. 18. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
2. "Declaration of Results Report Bridge of Don" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
3. "Candidate votes per stage Bridge of Don" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
4. "Local By Elections" (PDF). aberdeencity.gov.uk. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
5. "Local government election 2017: Results | Aberdeen City Council". 29 June 2021.